HDE 103 Midterm: HDE 103 MT 1
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Chapter 1: a cultural approach to child development. Larger brains: wider pelvis (give birth to larger babies with bigger, more developed brains) Today: demographic divide: how do demographic variables vary across the world, total fertility rate in a population, the number of births per woman, developed countries most affluent countries in the world: 18% of total world population. Why study child development cross-culturally: human development takes place in a given cultural context; it is affected by culture and also affects culture, we need to: Incorporate various perspectives in our views of development and recognize both universal and culture- specific aspects of human development: a major shortcoming of developmental psychology is the uncritical neglect culture in human development. Histori(cid:272)ally : antiquity, traditionally, the perception of people from different parts of the world was negative (bias, barbarians, savages, wild, devoid of moral norms, stupid, crude, cruel (barbara: greek name that came from barbarians, means foreigners)
